Clothesline bracket



Aug. 8, 1950 H. CARWITHEN CLOTHESLINE BRACKET Filed April 8, 194B INVEN TOR.

HOLY/120 CEEWJIIYE'N iffy/FIZZ Patented Aug. 8, 1950 UNITED sTA'rss rarest orrlcs CLOTHESLINE BRACKET Howard Carwithen, New York, N. Y.

Application April 8, 1948, Serial No. 19,691

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a clothes line bracket.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a clothes line bracket which is adapted to be swung in and out of a window whereby to permit the clothes to be placed on the line or removed therefrom by the housewife while re maining inside of the house, and wherein the adjustment of the bracket can be effected by a simple pull on a handle that extends from a slide and connected to an arm pivoted at the side of the window on the exterior thereof.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide a window bracket construction for a clothes line which is of simple construction, inexpensive to manufacture, easy to manipulate, convenient to use, compact, adapted to be retained in its adjusted positions and efiicient in operation.

For other objects and for a better understanding of the invention, reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. l is a perspective view of the clothes line bracket arrangement assembled upon a window and connected to a clothes line with the bracket extended inside of the house to receive clothes or remove the same from the line.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional View taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary elevational view of the slide and of one of the pulley holders.

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 4- of Fig. 3.

Referring now to the figures, Ill represents the window frame having a window element II therein. The window element II can be elevated in order to permit a U-shaped arm or bracket I2 to be pivoted inwardly in order that a clothes line l3 extending therefrom to a pole it outside of the house, will be brought to a position accessible to the housewife. The clothes line is extended over a pulley 15 on a holder l6 fixed to the end of the U-shaped arm 12 and having a handle I! thereon adapted to be pulled to swing the arm 12 into or out of the window. The free ends of the arm 12 are turned down to be pivoted in a bracket I8 which is mounted on the window frame on the exterior of the house. From this bracket Hi there extends a projection I 9 having a pulley 2| over which the line 13 is extended.

Operable along the arm I2 is a slide 22 having pulley support wheels 23 and pulleys 24 over which the clothes line 13 is extended. Screw eyes 25 extend outwardly from the slide and (CI. 21l--119.07)

receive a downwardly bent portion 29 of an arm 21 pivoted by a bracket 28 on the opposite side of the window frame from the bracket l8 and on the exterior of the house. A handle 29 is provided on the lower end of the downwardly bent portion 26 of the rod. By grasping either handle I! or 29, the arm l2 and the rod 21 may be moved in or out of the window. By grasping the hande 29, the slide can be adjusted along the arm 12.

On the slide 22 is a vertically extending guide 3| for the line 13.

In operation, the assembly can be extended from a position as shown in Fig. 2' on the exterior of the window to a position as shown in Fig. 1 extended into the house.

While various changes may be made in the detail construction, it shall be understood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claim.

Having thus set forth and disclosed the nature of my invention, what is claimed is:

1. A clothes line bracket assembly comprising a bracket adapted to be connected to the frame of a window, a U-shaped' arm having its ends turned and extended into the bracket for swinging movement in and out of the window, a pulley on the end of the arm, a second pulley supported from the bracket, a clothes line adapted to extend through the pulleys and along the arm, a slide on the arm, a second arm adapted to be pivoted to the window at the opposite side from the bracket and pivotally connected to the slide, said second arm having a downwardly bent outer end, a handle on the lower end of the bent end, said slide having eye formations receiving the bent end of the second arm for pivotal movement.

2. The clothes line bracket assembly, as set forth in claim 1, which includes a vertically disposed guide secured to the said slide guiding said clothes lines in the inside and outside positions of the U-shaped arm.

HOWARD CARWITHEN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,014,291 Frey Jan. 9, 1912 1,360,951 Heyman et a1 Nov. 30, 1920 1,493,540 Heyman et al May 31, 1924 1,516,390 Ljostad et al Nov. 18, 1924 1,899,467 Lance Feb. 28, 1933 

